Political Spin Machine

The poliitical spin machine rages on here in our great nation. It is simple and consists of two components, deception and ignorance. And it is striking vicious blows against the public good all across America.

Briefly, I will illustrate the process.

- Politicians present certain issues to the public in such a way which leads people to incorrect conclusions. This is done purposely, and is called "Spin." I will present several recent cases of this below. The key thing to understand with this, is that it would never work without the media behind them. If the news programs were regularly exposing this deception, Americans would see through these politicians to thier dark motives, and they would decline in power and influence. However, in the current state of affairs, liars are rarely called out - so it only works with media support.

- Those who are educated and informed generally are not taken by this partisan sleight-of-speech. Many Americans, however, hear the ridiculous "Bush lied, people died" rhetoric fostered by the left, and they believe it. These people are not presented with a full picture of the facts. Is it ever emphasized, for example, that the Democrats also voted in favor of going into Iraq. Do they ever talk about that? They realized and made definitive statements about Saddam Hussein presenting a "real threat" to the U.S.A., and many Democratic leaders admitted he probably had W.M.D.'s. The fact of the matter is this - he refused inspections by U.N. security personnel, and action had to be taken. Otherwise, why does the U.N. pretend to impose regulations of any kind? Intelligence agencies, foreign and domestic, came to
the same conclusions as President Bush, and EVEN IF THERE WERE NO W.M.D.'S we needed to go into Iraq. The left does not want you to understand this, because failure in Iraq constitutes an opportunity for them to seize power, and that is what counts to them - not national security, not fascist dictators slaughtering thousands. And so they lie, they pull stunts, and they deceive.

The following are examples of recent issues of public interest about which Americans have been horribly misled.

- Supreme Court nomination Sam Alito

On Monday, October 31st, Democratic Sentator Chuck Schumer had this to say about the nomination. "Like Rosa Parks, Judge Alito will be able to change history by virtue of where he sits. The real question today is whether Judge Alito would use his seat on the bench, just as Rosa Parks used her seat on the bus, to change history for the better or whether he would use that seat to reverse much of what Rosa Parks and so many others fought so hard and for so long to put in place."

How ridiculous of a statement this is. As if Judge Alito is in favor of segregation. This statement even implies that he is a racist. It is an irresponsible statement for which Mr. Schumer should issue a formal apology. Notice though, someone who doesnt know much about Judge Alito would come away from this comment with a negative impression of the man.

- Proposition 73 in California (parental notification for abortion law)

You can check out some of the vile lies propagated against this law at http://www.noonproposition73.org. They imagine a Californian parent saying to themself, "If she can't come to me, I just want to keep her safe." Sounds like a good thing, keeping teens safe, right? I'll tell you something, if your teen is having sex and you dont know about it, she has already put herself into extreme risk. Allowing that to continue without your knowledge is not keeping her safe. Understand? This is the next step on the "take parents out of kids lives" agenda, and it is the most harmful thing happening to America today. Destroy the family, destroy America. Its that simple. "The real answer to teen pregnancy is caring families and age appropriate sex education, including teaching abstinence." Again, saying that sex-ed is the answer to teen pregnancy is taking the parents out of the equation. Parents should teach thier children about sex, not some teacher they dont know or care about. The movement
against prop 73 is full of lies, and they have done vast damage againt teens in America.

- Recent elections.

The left has completely spun the recent elections, claiming proof of a large-scale swing to the left in America. In truth, this simply isn't the case. The main "victories" for Democrats were the two
gubernatorial campaigns, in Virginia and New Jersey. The fact is that both of these states already had Democratic governors, and they elected new Democrats. No big shift there. As usual though, Chuck Schumer is undaunted by reality. "This portends really well for the future. Unless George Bush reverses his policies and reaches to the middle you're going to see many more victories like this." Reverse his policies . . . I see. I suppose then, Mr. Schumer, that you would be in favor of Leaving Children Behind, Non-Confrontation of Terrorism, and leaving Social Security untouched. Sounds like a plan!

The senate inquiry into last quarters oil profits proves that Republicans are not immune to the spin method either. Many politicians in both parties will go to great lengths, including deceptive
political stunts to consolidate thier power. America needs politicians whose first priority is to what is right and the welfare of thier constituents, not defeating thier opponents for
the sake of power. And that my friends, is a rare gem indeed.